Word: slipping
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...consumer giants such as Heinz, Kellogg, McDonald's, Coca-Cola and Gillette have also taken a beating, falling more than 30%. The culprits: slowing sales and falling profits. Last Friday soap seller Dial saw its stock slip 22% after the company issued its own earnings warning. Dial is down 70% over the past year...
...team. His subtext is persuasive: Hey, Jordan gave up some of his individual stats to help the Bulls win six. Why can't you suck it up for the team too? "He's definite about things," says his longtime assistant coach Tex Winters. "He doesn't let things slip. He's not afraid to go face to face with Kobe or Shaq or anybody...
...plan sounded simple. The CIA would help Pakistan organize a secret unit that would carry out a plot to slip into neighboring Afghanistan to snatch alleged terrorist OSAMA BIN LADEN. CIA officers would be assigned to the unit, and the U.S. would provide training and equipment. PRESIDENT CLINTON approved the plan, and the team should have been off and running last year. In fact, it never left the gate: despite CIA enthusiasm, the Pakistanis dragged their feet and never got beyond basic training. "They didn't do squat," says an Administration official close to the operation. Now the U.S. suspects...
...prep is a pain," Couric admits. The colonoscopy itself is conducted under a mild sedative. "I was chatting the whole time," Couric recalls, "bossing my camera crew around." There is a risk, albeit a small one, that the device can slip and punch a hole in the intestinal wall. Yet a colonoscopy offers a distinct advantage in that the doctor can remove any small precancerous polyps as soon as they are found, making it the only screening test that can prevent cancer, not just detect...
...this case, there was a slip-up in the use of the mouse and only the column of names was sorted, resulting in grades being assigned to the wrong people. The error raised the grades of two students and lowered the grades of 20 students," it said...